gun control

When the last bullet-producing lead smelter closes on Dec. 31, it'll mark a major victory for those who say lead-based ammunition pollutes the environment. Others warn 'green' bullets will cost more, drive up copper prices and do little to help conservation.

A recent town hall meeting hosted by Al Sharpton to address gun violence exploded into a revolt against “Chicago Machine” politics, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and the aldermen in City Hall, with panel and audience members calling to vote out their elected officials. A preacher even called for “Tea Party” style meetings.

Scott Brown will have to square his left-leaning record on guns with a GOP electorate. More than 125 pro-gun conservatives to a GOP party Brown attended but they came to protest his appearance, not to hear him speak.

The state-led movement to preserve the 2nd Amendment is good news. Combined with the hundreds of sheriffs nationwide who are refusing to enforce gun control out of loyalty to their constitutional oaths, a pushback by states has the power to end federal overreach — and perhaps end federal gun control altogether.

New gun control laws are unconstitutional, say many sheriffs throughout the US (even in liberal CO, NY, and CA), and they're either refusing to enforce the statutes or have signaled that enforcement will be a very low priority.

Organizing For America, Obama's tax exempt org, encourages followers to hold a Newtown shooting anniversary event this month. The site states, “Despite overwhelming public support for expanding background checks for gun sales, Congress has failed to act. Join local supporters as we remember Newtown and ask Congress: What will it take to make our communities safer?”

The call for stricter gun control has waned since the Newtown, Conn., school shooting at the end of 2012, a Gallup poll released Friday found. The country now is split nearly evenly on whether gun control laws need to be stricter.

In a bid to fight against criminal and gang possession of guns on the street, Illinois state rep. Mike Zalewski (D-21st Dist.) is set to propose legislation that basicly labels all firearm possession outside the home illegal.

There’s nothing new about elitist gun control supporters banding together to push their agendas. But the idea of attempting to conceal the anti-gun agenda behind a pro-gun façade has already been tried, repeatedly, and has always failed.